A municipal court judge found Kobble guilty last June of obstruction and resisting arrest. Superior Court Judge Ann R. Bartlett today reviewed video of the incident and overturned the obstruction conviction, according to defense attorney Randolph Norris.

Police accused Kobble of being intoxicated while she asked officers not to block her driveway with one of the police vehicles that responded to the traffic stop. The judge found that the video of the incident was “contrary” to the officer’s account that Kobble had been drinking and was swaying and unsteady on her feet, Norris said.

Bartlett found that Kobble appeared to be courteous, well spoken and, while insistent that they move their vehicles, polite, Norris said.

The troopers’ conduct, at times, appeared to be “unprofessional,” Bartlett said. She cited an instance in which Kobble asked one trooper to provide his identification and he responded that he would show his identification when Kobble provided hers.

Kobble said today she felt relieved and vindicated that the court overturned the obstruction charge. Since her arrest, Kobble reported having people tell her they heard she was “giving police a hard time.”

“I had a videotape of the entire incident and I couldn’t wait to show people because I did step back and I wasn’t belligerent,” Kobble said.

Kobble added that she wasn’t trying to make police “look bad.”

“I don’t want favors,” she said. “I just want fairness.”

The judge could not overturn the resisting arrest conviction because neither Kobble’s cellphone, nor the camera in the state trooper’s car recorded the incident, Norris said. The judges at the municipal and Superior Court levels needed to rely on the officer’s testimony as credible, he said.

Police charged Kobble for interfering with police in a similar incident about two weeks later, and a municipal court judge again found her guilty. Norris said a state judge will hear that appeal in March.

Kobble complained that traffic stops on either side of Union Square negatively affected the family business by blocking the driveways. Norris claims Kobble was told by “law enforcement” to find out who was conducting the traffic stops and to speak with their superiors to find out whether the stops were being conducted properly and whether changes could be made.

She was promptly arrested for exercising her rights as a business owner and sent to jail, Norris said.

“To be placed in jail overnight for something as mild as this is outrageous,” he said.